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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 06/30/08 0035Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-12 0015Z  HANNA
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LOCATION...COLORADO...
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ATTN WFOS...PUB...BOU...GJT...
ATTN RFCS...ABRFC...WGRFC...CBRFC...
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EVENT...CONVECTION OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF S CNTRL CO PRODUCING AREAS
OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...THIS EVENING'S UA PATTERN SHOWS A PATTERN
THAT IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS NEGATIVELY
TILTED MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS ORIENTED FROM APPROXIMATELY THE
4-CORNERS REGION TOWARDS ID AND E WA.  DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT A REAL WELL
DEFINED IMPULSE LIFTING UP THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS
TO AID IN SYNOPTIC DESTABILIZATION BUT IT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE THAT SOME
DESTABILIZATION IS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION DYNAMICS
FROM UL JET STREAK OVER OK PER TRANSVERSE CIRRUS STREAKS ON IR IMAGERY.
ADDITIONALLY, ESE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS HELPING TO DRAW SEASONABLY HIGH
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION (1.00-1.25" TPWS) PER RECENT GOES SOUNDER
IMAGERY.
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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORM COMPLEX CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE OVER N
ALAMOSA/E SAGUACHE/W CUSTER/W FREMONT COUNTIES.  HAVE NOTED NUMEROUS
OVERSHOOTING TOPS IN THIS COMPLEX OVER THE LAST HOUR AND THE MOST
NOTABLE ONE AT THE PRESENT TIME APPEARS TO BE WITH THE CELL FEATURING AN
ENHANCED V SIGNATURE NEAR THE SAGUACHE AND ALAMOSA BORDER.  RAPID CLOUD
TOP COOLING WAS ALSO NOTED OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTES WITH THE DEVELOPING
CONVECTION OVER W PUEBLO COUNTY.  MANUAL SATELLITE ESTIMATES SUGGEST
RAINFALL RATES COULD LIKELY REACH 1.0"/HR WITH THESE AREAS OF CONVECTION
AND ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CELLS.  AUTOMATED SATELLITE
ESTIMATES SUGGEST RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 1.0" OVER W CUSTER COUNTY
OVER THE LAST 3 HRS AND SIMILAR TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.  WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 3872 10579 3824 10511 3721 10511 3723 10587 3739 10655
3775 10672 3846 10638
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